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* 73 – 63 BCE: The Roman Republic extends its influence in to the region in the Third Mithridatic War.

During the war, Armenian King Tigranes the Great takes control of Syria and prepares to invade Judea and Jerusalem but has to retreat following an invasion of Armenia by Lucullus.

However, this period is believed to have resulted in the first settlement of Armenians in Jerusalem.

According to Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi writing in c. 482 AD, Tigranes captured Jerusalem and deported Hyrcanus to Armenia, however most scholars deem this account to be incorrect.